Why the ashes? For a lot of reasons, but for me, this year, this one:Because of death. Death: that thing which I cannot ignore away, try as I might, Looking the other way, but being shaken nonetheless at loss, over and over again:-Mitch Albom’s daughter, Chika-Nightbirde whose song about strength I listened to over andContinueContinue reading “Ash Weds 22”
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Ash Wednesday shenanigans
On Wednesday I sneezed myself awake with a singular sneeze. I’ve been sleeping on the basement couch these past few days, having picked up a bug from a family member. The sneeze was super nasty–the kind of sneeze you sneeze after you’ve been sick for a couple of days and, at night, your sinuses areContinueContinue reading “Ash Wednesday shenanigans”
Ash Wednesday musings
It’s Ash Wednesay, almost 10 a.m., and I want to eat something. But, I also don’t want to eat something, because I turned fourteen a few years ago now, and today is one of the days where we’re supposed to fast, and I believe fasting to be a good thing, so instead I drum myContinueContinue reading “Ash Wednesday musings”
What I Wore Wednesday
Today is Ash Wednesday, a day that marks the beginning of Lent…the period of fasting, prayer, and service leading up to the holiest of holidays–Easter. The palms from last year’s Palm Sunday are burned to create this year’s ashes. Later, at a mass, our foreheads are marked with the ashes in the sign of aContinueContinue reading “What I Wore Wednesday”
Seashell Nell 